PhonicsTutor Phonogram Flashcards

Phonograms, phonemes, spelling and decoding rules, phonemic awareness and pronunciation exercises — PhonicsTutor Phonogram Flashcards have it all! To be used for beginning readers, remedial reading programs, spelling instruction, self-learning, and ESL/EFL students.

PhonicsTutor Phonogram Flashcards provide a convenient way for teachers, parents, and tutors to teach and assess a student’s understanding of phonics. Knowing which letter or group of letters represent a phoneme in a word is fundamental to phonics instruction. A phonogram is a letter or a group of letters that represent a phoneme in a word. A phoneme is an irreducible contrasting unit in the sound system of a language. Knowing the common phonemes that a phonogram represents in the order of usage frequency is the key to identifying the most likely pronunciations of an unfamiliar word. Decoding rules determine or further limit the possible pronunciations. Encoding rules preclude many spelling errors. Knowing when a multi-letter phonogram divides into separate phonograms forming blends or a syllable division preclude decoding errors for many common words. Many other Orton or Orton-Gillingham flashcards have 70-72 phonograms and thus do not explain how to decode many common words when multi-letter phonograms divide.  The PhonicsTutor curriculum has always had a complete coverage of English spelling patterns.

The ability to hear a word and say it the same way is a critical skill for most students to learn phonemic awareness. PhonicsTutor Phonogram Flashcards use minimal pairs and other contrasting words to help students hear and identify which phoneme is said and where it is said in a word. This skill is essential for all aspects of spelling and reading. Without phonemic awareness the cognitive elements of phonics instruction such as spelling and syllable rules, are difficult or impossible to communicate or understand.

PhonicsTutor Phonogram Flashcards are designed to provide a complete view of English spelling, to create a rich teacher-student dialog which teaches the phonemes, rules and other helpful information about each phonogram, and to provide a means of testing a student's understanding of English.

Intended for use with the PhonicsTutor Frequent Word Software and PhonicsTutor Frequent Word Teachers Manual.

Features

1. PhonicsTutor Phonogram Flashcards explain the 80 phonograms from the phonogram lesson in the PhonicsTutor software on 110 phonogram/spelling pattern cards to give a comprehensive understanding of English orthography.

2. Cards contain:

   • The common phonemes listed in order of usage, starting with the most frequent.

   • Spelling rules for recitation that focus on when to use each phonogram

   • Pronunciation rules to know which phoneme a phonogram is most likely to represent in a given word

   • Additional information about phonograms to aid the instructor

   • Listen & Say exercises of minimal pairs and triplets, along with other contrasting words, to increase a student's phonemic awareness and to verify that a student can pronounce each phoneme in a variety of words. Great for ESL/EFL students.

   • As many as 10 of the most frequently used words for each phoneme that a phonogram represents to illustrate the patterns of English and to stabilize pronunciation

   • 5.5 X 4.25 inches is size

The PhonicsTutor Phonogram Flashcards spelling patterns include:

a, ai, aigh, air, ar, au, augh, au gh, aw, ay, b, c, ce, ch, ci, ck, d, dge, e, ea, e•a, ear, eau, ed, -ed, ee, ei, eigh, eo, er, eu, ew, ey, f, g, ge, gh, gi, gn, g•n, gu, g<ue>, h, i, ie, i•e, ier, i•er, igh, ir, j, k, kn, l, le, m, mb, mn, n, ng, o, oa, o•a, oar, oe, o•e, oi, oo, oor, or, ou, ough, ou gh, our, ow, oy, p, ph, pn, ps, qu, r, rh, s, sc, s c, s•c, s<u>, sh, si, t, t<u>, tch, th, ti, u, ue, ui, u•i, ur , v, w, wh, <w>or, wr, x, xi, y, z

The following is a sample of the front and back of the phonogram CI:

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